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ACTIVE AGING - JAN KRÜGER RESEARCH
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

POLICY AND DEMOGRAPHICS 2050: POPULATIONS ARE GETTING OLD-

INTERNATIONAL ER.

What is “Active Ageing”?

According to the WHO „active ageing“ is the process of optimizing opportunities for
health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age.

The word “active” refers to continuing participation in social, economic, cultural,
spiritual and civic affairs, not just the ability to be physically active or to participate
in the labour force.

What does Active Aging Include?

- The ability to meet one’s basic needs
- The ability to learn, grow and make decisions
- Mobility
- The ability to build and maintain relationships
- The ability to contribute

How can We Achieve It?

- Change how we think, feel and act towards age and ageing;
- Ensure that communities foster older people’s abilities;
- Deliver person-centred integrated care and services that respond to
older people’s needs
- Provide access to long-term care for older people who need it. Source: who.int Infographic Populations are getting older

- 2 billion people by 2050 will be 60 and older, up from 1 billion in 2020

- 80% of older people will live in low- and middle-income countries

Sources: Active ageing: a policy framework WHO 2002
Decade of healthy ageing Baseline report WHO 2020 - Today people aged 60 and older outnumber children under 5